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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2010
David B. Larson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Brian M. Spahnie, Brunswick, OH (US);
David B. Larson, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Brian M. Spahnie, Brunswick, OH (US);
Lumitex, Inc., Strongsville, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for marring fiber optic substrates may include rollers with abrasive surfaces that press lengths of the substrates against elongated supports, which may be tapered, during relative lengthwise movement between the rollers and supports; abrasive sheets that are vibrated against the substrates; abrasive flap wheels that are rotated to cause flexible abrasive flaps on the wheels to strike the substrates; rotating blades that cut a transverse marring pattern in the substrates; hammers having abrasive surfaces that are oscillated to strike the substrates; and water jet abrasive slurries that are directed at the substrates.